Hire people who give a shit

I'll give you some answers:

1) Carrying an entire 75ft tree in pieces from my backyard to my front yard. 2) 10 hours maybe 3)wood needed to be moved 4) when looking at the pile of wood I have to move 5) the resulting stack of wood in front of my house 6)yup, been stronger ever since those few days a few months ago

I agree with the gist of hiring people that care about their craft, but asking them to care about the company is harder.

That really requires some sort of reciprocal "company cares about you", and that's hard to guarantee. Especially when you're hiring the generation that saw their parents lose out on the things like pensions vs 401k, layoffs as regular events, etc.

> If someone is applying to Scale and has never been deeply obsessed about something before, then it’s a bad bet to think Scale will be the first.

So you mean that you're looking for unbalanced people? I don't get how being obsessed about a product equates to long term success for an employee in your company. To me it's more like a recipe for burnout.

What's the employee turnover at Scale?

Oh my, what drivel. Another startup CEO who thinks late-stage employees with essentially zero upside in the company need to put in founder hours.

> How many hours were you working a week?

There you have it. Come on, by now we all know what this “caring” or “giving a shit” stuff is about. Just say you want people to work hard, long hours. Just say that.